Speaking at a conference on healthcare organized by financial daily Ziarul Financiar, MedLife president Mihai Marcu said an authorization to build the hospital was issued last Wednesday. He estimated the investment might hit some EUR15-20 million.

Construction works will be finished in about a year and a half. The emergency hospital will employ 75 doctors and will have 15 emergency rooms and 180 beds, he added.

According to Marcu, Romania has few hospitals that can treat patients with multiple traumatic injuries. Only large emergency hospitals may attend to all the problems of a patient, he said.